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Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is launching the first television commercial of her re-election campaign Wednesday with an ad that is largely introductory while presenting her in moderate, aisle-crossing terms. The freshman congresswoman from Winter Park easily brushed back a Democratic primary challenge Tuesday from progressive Chardo Richardson. She now is focusing on the Republican primary […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

All Aboard Florida received state approval Wednesday to sell $1.75 billion in federal private equity bonds to extend its private, high-speed, Brightline passenger train system from South Florida to Orlando. Meeting in Orlando, the Florida Development Finance Corp. board voted unanimously to grant state permission for the financing after more than three hours of public […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

Were some Republican voters put under the impression that one of the two Republicans running in Florida’s House District 47 primary Tuesday had dropped out? And might that impression have confused some voters to the point that they didn’t vote, possibly changing the outcome of the election? Mikaela Nix, who lost that primary to Stockton […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

Calling Ron DeSantis a “yes man” for President Donald Trump, the Democratic super PAC American Bridge is launching the first attack ad of the Florida fall governor’s race, with an internet video mocking DeSantis’s praise for the president. The 54-second video, “DeSantis: Trump’s Yes Man,” signals that while Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum may be […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

The New Republican PAC, set up last year by Republican Gov. Rick Scott, is going after Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson with a new television commercial depicting him as a puppet for the Democratic Party, and always supporting tax increases. Starting Wednesday, the ad appears statewide on both television and the internet, according to a news release […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

In his first major, nationally-televised interview after his stunning victory Tuesday, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum vowed to avoid chasing President Donald Trump bait in this fall’s campaign against Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis. Instead, in a Wednesday morning appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, the Tallahassee mayor pressed the campaign theme that led him […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2018

The George Soros-backed Latino Victory Fund declared Tuesday evening that its independent campaign spending to support U.S. Rep. Darren Soto reached $500,000 entering today’s Democratic primary against his challenger former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. That amount, which Latino Victory Fund described as “an investment,” bought more than 500 television spots that […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018

Tyler Sirois easily won the Republican primary for Florida House District 51, putting him in position to try to keep a fairly safe Republican seat while state Rep. Thad Altman had a little more trouble but prevailed against a Republican primary challenge for his seat next door. Sirois defeated Cocoa Mayor Henry Parrish 62 percent […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018

In what became in the closing weeks a bruising Republican primary battle, Winter Park businessman Stockton Reeves VI defeated Mikaela Nix to win the chance to try to hold onto the Florida House District 47 seat for Republicans. Reeves, largely representing more traditional business interests in Winter Park and Central Florida, defeated upstart Mikaela Nix, […]

Scott PowersAugust 28, 2018

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs got herself elected countywide chair of the Orange County School Board Tuesday night. For years people have been asking Jacobs what her next act was after eight years of almost unchallenged dominance of the Orange County government, with expectations that she might seek statewide office or a congressional seat. She […]

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Stephanie Murphy launches her first commercial of general election

Brightline gets state approval to sell construction bonds

Candidate withdrawal notices spark concerns over HD 47 primary results

American Bridge launches first anti-Ron DeSantis ad of the fall

New Republican ad depicts Bill Nelson as ‘Democrats’ puppet’

Andrew Gillum says he won’t be taking bait on Donald Trump

George Soros-backed Latino PAC: We spent $500K to help Darren Soto

Tyler Sirois, Thad Altman win House primaries in Brevard County

Stockton Reeves grabs Republican nod in HD 47

Teresa Jacobs moving from Orange County Mayor’s office to School Board